Bennett, Bruce

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Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal Volume 7 Issue 2 Article 42 December 2008 Slow Finale Bruce Bennett Follow this and additional works at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate Recommended Citation Bennett, Bruce (2008) "Slow Finale," Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal: Vol. 7: Iss. 2, Article 42. Available at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate/vol7/iss2/42 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). It has been accepted for inclusion in Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal by an authorized editor of The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). For more information, please contact ORB@binghamton.edu. SLOW FINALE Bruce Bennett I could not hold you; could not let you go. You waited silently for me to act. You waited patiently. I did not know Which way to turn. I eddied in the flow, snagged in the current, foundered on rhe fact. I could not hold you; could not let you go. My circling was mindless, endless, slow, although my sense and senses were intact. I maundered helplessly. I did not know How to approach you. Beg forgiveness? Throw myself about, disclosing what I lacked? I could not hold you; could not let you go; Could not explain. I watched you puzzle, grow restless and distant, consciously retract, no longer patient. Still, I did not know The curtain was descending on our show; your train was on its way; your bags were packed. I could not hold you; could not let you go. Our play was over, and I did not know. 118 1Bennett: Slow FinalePublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2008

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